| Author | Message | ||
     Crusty |
Today is 09/11/19. Eighteen years ago, religious fanatics who hated the United States of America attacked us. Never forget.    | ||
| Ourdee |
Never forget! The overt attack. They continue to attack every day. Never forget! | ||
| Ratbuell |
Can't believe it's been 18 years. Like RD said above - they're still at it, just not with airplanes right now. Be vigilant. Never forget. God bless all those who we lost. | ||
| Pwnzor |
I remember it like it was 5 minutes ago... I can feel the chills running up my spine and the hair on my arms standing up as I sat on the couch in my warehouse office looking at the 19 inch Emerson TV. My business partner had called me, screaming into the phone - "we're under attack from Bin Laden!!!!" I had no idea who Osama Bin Laden was at that time. He kept screaming it, and I said "what the F*** are you talking about?" He said "turn on the TV!" I said "what channel?" He said "doesn't matter." That moment plays out in slow motion, in crystal clear vision of my mind's eye. Picking up the remote, clicking the button and there was the tower on fire. The rest, you all know. My life changed in a profound way from that moment forward. | ||
| Ratbuell |
It's a vivid memory for me too. I was working at the time, across the street from Fort Detrick, MD. Otherwise known as "the bug factory" - LOTS of germ warfare...er..."genetic research" goes on there, fun stuff like ebola, and there was plenty of speculation about where flight 93 was headed, and would it hit Detrick, or was it supposed to go for the White House. The most comforting thought I had was "well, if they do...I won't have to worry about limping away". I didn't have access to a TV where I was, so it was all radio. The descriptions were horrible enough - when I got home and actually saw the videos, I couldn't believe it was real. | ||
| 86129squids |
Just read this book review... https://www.npr.org/2019/09/11/759742836/the-only- plane-in-the-sky-offers-a-powerful-graphic-narrati ve-of-9-11 | ||
| Oldog |
I was at a customers plant site, my X wife and daughter home here, They were crashing planes into things, we live 25 miles from a nuclear plant.... I was 250 miles away when this happened. I helped get a B&W tv going at the plant site, The horror of watching the events unfold. At that moment we got to see the best of what it means to be american, yeah I will not forget, "lets roll", 343   | ||
| Big_island_rider |
Always a day in my thoughts. My dad worked at the WTC when I was a kid and I would go into the city during the summer. This jacket started as just a light weight riding jacket but when 9-11 happened I got the Operation Noble Eagle (ONE) patch given to me. ONE was the first response to 9-11 between US and Canada. Had a friend who was in Operation Iraqi Freedom. I have more in the sewing than the jacket costs. I will never forget nor ever forgive.   | ||
| 86129squids |
THAT is flat awesome, Big. Wear that proudly- hopefully you've had it on all day today. Just came to me- whatever you think of Jon Stewart, know that he testified before Congress and campaigned relentlessly to maintain relief payments to the first responders for 9/11. Mad props for that. Here you go. I'd copied to paste here, then closed the window... barely noticed the run time. Please watch. | ||
| Griffmeister |
I remember hearing the beginning on the radio while driving to a job site. When I get there my machine was right next to the break area where the TV was on. I had one eye on the job and one on the TV, pretty much did the work on autopilot. Two weeks later four of us headed down to Ground Zero to assemble two machines on site. It was our second day there when the mission changed from a rescue operation to a recovery operation. That was pretty sobering. | ||
| Crusty |
"Some people did something" | ||
| Slaughter |
Deena Burnett, wife of Tom Burnett, passenger, United Flight 93:
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| Slaughter |
I apologize for the tackiness of the 2 or 3 captions added by some Vlogger but her message is clear. She was one of the only DC Air National Guard with orders to bring down UAL 93. Chilling. |
